Assistant District Attorney Kenneth Taub had sought to show that Pride intentionally fired at the officer because he was cornered at the only exit and had no other wayout.
Mr Grillo promises a seductively easy wayout of the economic crisis that has engulfed Italy: exit from the euro and default on its huge public debt of more than 120% of GDP.
Speculation amongst the gaming community has everyone wondering whether Nintendo might go the way of Sega and exit the console business entirely if the Revolution doesn't work out for them.
Talks continue in Islamabad in the search for a wayout of a diplomatic morass that, among other things, risks complicating the planned exit of front-line Western troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
It was the Italian's first wet-weather pole since Imola in 1996, when he was in the 125cc class, proof that if Lorenzo is heading for the exit door Rossi is happy to hold it open - and even give him a boot up the backside on the wayout for good measure.